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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs under 8 weeks of age unless approval for sale in writing from a licensed Rhode Island veterinarian with violations subject to imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs under 8 weeks of age unless approval for sale in writing from a licensed Rhode Island veterinarian with violations subject to imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7641"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7641 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals", "Criminal Procedure"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "O'Brien", "Serpa", "Shekarchi", "Winfield"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-15"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b2727b1-91c2-4ac8-b307-8560ed945f51"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "1b616fd46076f33fe3c0fe34df549cfe359989622a1c1c5a3c7b45a6a8d805d6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 7641 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- DOGS (Prohibits the sale of dogs under 8 weeks of age unless approval for sale in writing from a licensed Rhode Island veterinarian with violations subject to imprisonment not to exceed 12 months or $1,000, or both. Pounds and shelters are exempt.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7641 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7641aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Winfield — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
+- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
+- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2018)
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2018)
+- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b2727b1-91c2-4ac8-b307-8560ed945f51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+